a food question I didn't expect to have to ask

[redbird]

cattitude has just sent a break-up message to Goya foods, having discovered via Twitter that their president is an ardent Trump supporter.

After twenty-five happy years, we are looking for other sources of canned beans worth the eating, and of olive oil.

My notes from Washington say that O Organics canned black beans are acceptable but bland, and Eden Organic navy beans are good.

I realize this is small potatoes compared to having to break up with a close friend or partner, or cut off a relative, for similar reasons--but I haven't had to do that (which may say something positive about my family). Speaking of family, boycotting food for political reasons was part of my upbringing--we did without grapes for years, to support the United Farm Workers.

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[brooksmoses]

One of the big things I've noticed varying with canned beans is the level of salt -- and it's a sort of odd thing. Highest salt is normal canned beans (and, IIRC, Goya is among the higher of those, though please check for yourself if that's relevant). Lower than that are the low-salt ones. And then lower than that are organic ones, pretty much across the board. I specifically buy the "O Organics" beans in large part because of that.

So that could be a large part of the blandness or lack thereof, unless you're comparing after adjusting the salt levels to balance. The difference is about half a teaspoon of salt for a 15-oz can of beans, IIRC.

[redbird]

I don't think that's what we were reacting to. My notes (from back in Washington) are

"Canned black beans: Safeway are crap; O Organics are acceptable but bland

"S&W canned white beans are iffy; Eden Organic navy beans are good."